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Action Comics #593 [Direct]
(October 1987)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
DC [bullet]
Editing:
Michael Carlin
Color:
color
Dimensions:
standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Binding:
saddle-stitched (squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 600)
Publishing Format:
was ongoing series

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.

["Superman and... My Wife?!"] (Table of Contents)

Superman; Big Barda; Mr. Miracle / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
John Byrne (signed)
Inks:
John Byrne (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Mr. Miracle [Scott Free]; Big Barda; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
Reprints:
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The Suicide Snare (Table of Contents)

Superman; Big Barda; Mr. Miracle / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
John Byrne
Pencils:
John Byrne
Inks:
John Byrne (figure inks); Keith Williams (background inks)
Colors:
Tom Ziuko
Letters:
John Costanza
Job Number:
G-3333

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Big Barda; Mr. Miracle [Scott Free] (origin); Oberon; Dr. Kincaid; Molly; Mr. Lucas; Mr. Fine; Mr. Grossman (first appearance); Himon (flashback); Mr. Miracle [Thaddeus Brown] (flashback); VILLAINS: Sleez; Darkseid; An Ash-Crawler (a creature from Apokolips); Granny Goodness (flashback)
Synopsis:
Sleez uses the Mega-Rod to try and force Superman and Big Barda into making a porno film for Grossman Pictures. Mr. Miracle arrives just in time to prevent anything happening between the two of them.
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Story continued from ACTION COMICS #592.

Re: Action Comics (Table of Contents)

Re: Action Comics / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset
Job Number:
L-2875

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Frank Balkin, Eric Buscher, The Hammer, T.E. Pouncey, Bob Wayne Kozlowski, Kenneth Hirsig, Mark Haden Frazer, Travis MacKinnon and Chris Khalaf.

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Table of Contents

  1. 0. ["Superman and... My Wife?!"]
    Superman; Big Barda; Mr. Miracle
  2. 1. The Suicide Snare
    Superman; Big Barda; Mr. Miracle
  3. 2. Re: Action Comics
    Re: Action Comics
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